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installing ubuntu 14.04lts on my laptop c drive only

Asked by Zahid Hameed

I have booted my laptop asus x54c (core i-3 4GB ram 320 GB drive C,D,E partion) with ubuntu 14.04lts from a usb. i have windows 8.1 installed on my system in drive c.
there are three partion in my laptop in ntfs formt c,d,e. Now I want to format c drive and install only ubuntu on this drive and all other partion to remain as it is,

Please help.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You can use the Ubuntu CD to setup the partitions using gparted. If you intend to use only Ubuntu then I suggest you wipe all partitions and so a clean install of Ubuntu using all space. You can restore your user data from your backups.

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Zahid Hameed (zahid-hameed-pk) said : 		#2

Dear I am not expert in computer, i have 200 GB data in my d and e drive, and dont have any backup facality, just told me that how i can install ubuntu 14.04lts on c drive just we install windows.

when i click install ubuntu at give me option of entire disk, and other

when i choose other, there my cd drive is sd2 which i use to install ubuntu, after that i struck and dont know what to to, I dont have ubuntu cd to setup partion using gprated i have only a usb, so please help me in this regard.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

You can't. NTFS is not suitable for Linux file permissions. You can resize the NTFS partition in Ubuntu and install to the freed space. If you have a midrange system you can test Ubuntu on a virtualbox which is a free software.

Before starting any of this you should take a backup if your data is important to you. The fact that you don't have a backup is pretty bad in itself

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Zahid Hameed (zahid-hameed-pk) said : 		#4

If this is the case then please tell me step by step to install ubuntu on my laptop,

I will backup all my data, then i want three partition, namely c,d,e, in d and e drive i will store my data and on c drive i want to install ubuntu only.

tell me step by step, if a graphical tutorial is available, then please share.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

If you want to get rid of Windows then boot to the Ubuntu CD and delete the partition you are using for your Windows system drive. You can then run the installer and install to the freed space. This will obviously remove Windows entirely so be sure your backups are good.

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Zahid Hameed (zahid-hameed-pk) said : 		#6

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.